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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 393101, member: 7724"]it's not the financial side of the business that gets on my family jewels, it's the abuse of those lads. and the time you lose.</p><p>earlier-on at the start of ebay when there was ONE ebay only without the national platforms, it was trust against trust. I sent over 100 $ in a jewelcase somewhere in the US - marked as gift of course - and got the item just fine; the best I ever had was a Spaniard where I received the item even before he received my payment; when I asked him about it: oh it's okay, the Swiss always pay, no problem...</p><p>the worst I had was a guy from Belgium that wrote perfect German till the problems started. then he changed to that "Dutch" or whatevr they speak, then to some unintelligable sort of French. in the end I made a Belgian lawyer write him a letter - was about 2600 € - which made clear that he was in the German Community and that he will bring him to court in Eupen when he doesn't pay immediately back my money and the lawyers fee. didn't take 5 days till the money was back in my account...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 393101, member: 7724"]it's not the financial side of the business that gets on my family jewels, it's the abuse of those lads. and the time you lose. earlier-on at the start of ebay when there was ONE ebay only without the national platforms, it was trust against trust. I sent over 100 $ in a jewelcase somewhere in the US - marked as gift of course - and got the item just fine; the best I ever had was a Spaniard where I received the item even before he received my payment; when I asked him about it: oh it's okay, the Swiss always pay, no problem... the worst I had was a guy from Belgium that wrote perfect German till the problems started. then he changed to that "Dutch" or whatevr they speak, then to some unintelligable sort of French. in the end I made a Belgian lawyer write him a letter - was about 2600 € - which made clear that he was in the German Community and that he will bring him to court in Eupen when he doesn't pay immediately back my money and the lawyers fee. didn't take 5 days till the money was back in my account...[/QUOTE]
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